"But that's more fantasy than history. If our country's founders, who were unhappily familiar with Europe's state churches, wanted to create a "Christian nation," they could have written Christian dogma into the Constitution.

Instead, they included a ban on any official national religion and an explicit ban on any religious test for public office.

That's why it was so wrong for Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), chair of Trump's "religious liberty commission," to say this month that separation of church and state is "the biggest lie that's been told in America since our founding."

In fact, it is a fundamental American promise that protects religious liberty for everyone. It's a principle we should be celebrating as we commemorate the 250th anniversary of our declaration of independence from England and its official church.

Instead, the Trump administration is teaming up with a bunch of right-wing Christian nationalists for a May 17 event on the National Mall that is supposed to "rededicate" America to God."

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"I am no preacher, but what I have learned in my Baptist Church about the Old Testament prophets makes me suspect that God may not look very favorably on being asked to bless a government that is busy slamming its doors to refugees and taking food out of the mouths of hungry people while its corrupt leaders manipulate the system to enrich themselves."

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lots more at theHill link, including James Talarico.